Plagiarism Policy

All articles submitted to the Medical Channel will be checked using the plagiarism detection software.
A specific process is followed to manage a case of plagiarism. The Medical Channel follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts):

In the case of suspected plagiarism in a published article:

The person who advised us of the situation is informed about the process to be followed.

The articles are compared to check the degree of copying.

All Editors of the Medical Channel are informed and asked for their comments.

The corresponding author of the article in question is contacted with documentary evidence of the case of plagiarism and is asked for a response.

If the authors are found guilty of plagiarism

The editor of the journal in which the original plagiarised article was published and the authors of the plagiarised article are informed